Facial mask



Aug. 12, 1941. J. s. BADDOUR FACIAL MASK Filed Aug. 29, 1938 PatentedAug. 12, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FACIAL MASK Joseph S. Baddour,[as Angeles, Calif. Application August 29, 19st, Serial No. 221,315

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a face treating mask of the electricallyheated type. It is adapted for applying heat to the face and to portionsof the neck and is more particularly intended for use in connection withface creams, astringents, and the like to remove wrinkles, improve thecomplexion, soothe the nerves: stimulate the blood circulation throughthe tissues treated thereby and also to relax tension of the facial andcervical muscles.

The present invention involves an improvement, in certain particulars,upon the facial mask structure described and claimed in my prior PatentNumber 2,028,889, issued January 28, 1936.

The improved features of the present application relate moreparticularly to a simplified and more convenient arrangement of theelectric current conducting means, and to a mask construction which willprovide for an efficient general treating of the cervical tissues inaddition to those of the face.

Another object of the invention is to furnish a mask ofthe characterstated which is pecu-,

liarly well adapted to fit over and apply the heat to the lateralcervical regions.

Still another object relates to a mask more conveniently attachable tothe head of the patient.

With the foregoing objects in view, together with such other objects andadvantages as may subsequently appear, the invention resides in theparts and in the combination, construction and arrangement of partshereinafter described and claimed and illustrated by way of example inthe accompanying drawing in which:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the mask in its applied position;

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the applied mask;

Fig. 3 is an interior elevational view of the mask with portions of thecovering broken away to disclose the arrangement of the heating elementtherein, part of the structure also being broken away to contract theview;

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the two halves or companion sections of themask showing them as they appear before being stitched together alongtheir medial margins; i

Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the mask, complete except for the attachingconnections, the mask being vertically disposed, as in Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawing more specifically, when the mask is distendedthe body portion I thereof is substantially bowl shaped, but the lowerportion 8 of the applied mask is flared somewhat like the lower part ofa corset, and

this part of the mask has at each side a backward or posterior extension8. Said lower portion 8 of the mask, together with its posteriorextension 9 is adapted to fit closely enough around the front and sidesof the neck of the patient to apply heat to all parts of the neck exceptto a narrow area directly below the occiput.

It will be seen from Fig. 3, where broken lines indicate the outline ofthe subject'shead in relation to the applied mask, that each rearwardextension 9 of the lower portion of the mask extends 'back to a pointbehind vertical alignment with the ear and mastoid process at that sideof the head. Hence these extrusions, fitting as they do beneath themastoid process, aid in keeping the mask in place.

The adaptability of the device for effectively heating the cervicaltissues will be more fully understood by noting the position and courseof the electrical heating conductor Ill which, while it is arranged toheat effectively the face and forehead of the patient, is particularlywell adapted to heat also the cervical region which it overlies when themask is applied. Beginning with the left lead I i of the two-conductorcurrent supplying cord i2, said conductor i0 is furnished with an outerrun which virtually encompasses completely the entire heat generatingarea of the mask. Following this outer run around (as viewed in Fig. 3)it first extends leftward until, after its laterally directed part Sunhas coursed beneath the mask extension 9 at that side, it is directedobliquely upward and forms the upwardly arched loop i3 positioned toheat the back part of the temple and cheek after extending over thegreater part of the forehead at that side of the median line of theface. Thence it descends in a long run i4 alongside the nose, and aftermaking a return bend i 5 overlying the chin it ascends in thecorresponding run l4 along the opposite side of the nose. From Fig. 2 itwill be seen how the cord portions' 9a and I 3 are substantiallyduplicated in the opposite side portion of the mask where they arerespectively designated 9:: and i323 and then after rebending at 9b thecord passes upwardly'nearer the front of the face through the nearlystraight run it, the serpentine portion i7, and upper run it, thenbending at Ma to join the downward run i 9 which loops around at i9a inan underlying relation to the chin, and at the opposite side of the facehas parts corresponding to those just'described and therefore designatedby the same reference characters.

The terminal part of the cord has a medially directed run 20 connectedwith a thermostat 2| which controls the degree of heat applied to theface; a terminal section .22 of the cord leading to the line conductor23. It will be seen that the medial loops or bends I8 and "a whichconnect the two lateral halves of the conductor, are located in lower,portion of the mask and, together with the conductor portions subjacentto them, ailord a very efficient means for heating the throat andlateral cervical regions. This is an important feature of the inventionbecause it results in relaxing the numerous muscles located in thisregion and also in aiding circulation of blood through the many bloodvessels that pass through the neck to the head and face.

As to the various layers of material of which the mask is formed, and inregard to the means for holding the current conducting cord in place,

these are desirably patterned according to the construction described inmy afore-mentioned patent and hence need not be described here.

The mask herein described is shown having two upper breathing openings24 and two lower breathing openings 25 in the nasal region. Theseopenings furnish air for the subject to breathe and yet do not uncoverthe nose or interfere with it being heat treated along with theremainder of the face.

At each side of the upper portion of the mask and near the back edgethereof is an eyeletted opening 25 to receive the securing connection 21which is tied to its mate at Ma. Likewise, near the back edge of eachlower extension 9 there is an eyeletted opening 2! to receive the lowersecuring connection 29. The lower connections 29 are tied at 2911 andcooperate to hold the mask extensions 9 snugly against the lateralcervical region.

Like the mask of my afore-mentioned patent the mask herein described isof a two part character: the two halves A-B thereof being stitchedtogether at 30 along the mid-width of the completed mask. The mask isfoldable and the fold line thereof coincides with the seam II and iscrossed by the current conducting cord II at two places only, namely atthe centers of the cord bends II and "a, these bends being located inthe lower part of the mask. While the mask which forms the subjectmatter or my said patent provides for emciently heating the face of thesubject, yet it does not have the two backward extensions at each sidewhich not only provide for heat treating additional areas but cooperatewith the attaching connections to aid in keeping the mask in place; forin the present invention, not only the cords II are attached to backwardmask extensions, but the mask has a backwardly convexed part where eachcord 21 is attached.

The arrangement of the cord ll herein set forth renders the mask quitepliable; the body of the mask being formed of flexible material and thecord i0 being readily bendable.

The application and operation of the invention is manifest from theforegoing,

I claim:

In a mask structure of the kind described, a conducting cord directedover a sinuous course throughout the mask and thereby positioned to heatthe face and neck of the patient when the mask is applied, said cordhaving two only of downwardly directed loops which cross the lowerportion of the median line of the mask, there being a plurality ofadditional runs of the cord subjacent to said crossing portions of saidloops whereby front and side portions of the neck of the patient areadditionally supplied with heat, said plurality of additional runsleaving the midwidth line of the mask unobstructed.

JOSEPH S. BADDOUR-

